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Isaiah 48:5 — compare English translations

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    therefore I have declared it to you from of old; before it came to pass I shown it you; lest you should say, My idol has done them, and my engraved image, and my molten image, has commanded them.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    so I declared to you from then; I made you hear before it came, lest you should say, ‘My idol did them,’ or, ‘My carved figure and my cast image commanded them.’ q1

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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